
It has a great flavor and is a great value when it comes to adding heat to our dishes at Pepperfire. “Only a few of our regulars can truly handle the heat produced by this pepper, but we love how it enhances our top-end hot chicken dishes. “The Carolina Reaper is a wonderful pepper,” gushes Beard.

In Nashville, Isaac Beard has discovered that the Reaper is the perfect addition to his proprietary recipe for the hottest level of his award-winning version of Nashville hot chicken, which he serves at Pepperfire Hot Chicken. Currie mentions a restaurant that uses a few drops in a five-gallon batch of soup to give it the perfect fiery finish.
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Some chefs have learned how to use the Carolina Reaper in their cooking, but great care is required. That’s because the peppers taste like crap.

You’ll notice that most ghost pepper sauces contain a lot of fruits and vegetables mixed into the sauce. If you watch those YouTube videos of people trying to eat a Carolina Reaper, they almost always start out by noting that it is sweet before they can’t speak anymore.

“Each pepper has distinct flavors, and you can breed sweetness into them. Hopefully, the average American consumer isn’t using his Reaper Squeezins in lieu of proper food-safety practices, but is there a real culinary use for a pepper this intensely hot? Currie says yes. The sauces mask the bad flavors, and peppers can actually fight botulism,” claims Currie. Since those cultures often don’t have access to refrigeration, their food can be rotten by the time they get it. As opposed to ‘vinegar water’ sauces like Tabasco, Texas Pete and Frank’s, the hot sauces from these regions were intended as preservatives instead of additives. “As we opened immigration from places like Africa, India, the Caribbean and Asia, they introduced Americans to new ethnic flavors and really brought the heat. Since 2006, they have been the fastest-growing food products.”Īlthough pioneers like Dave’s Insanity Sauce and Mad Dog 357 popularized what are classified as “super hot” sauces, Currie believes there were other societal influences at play in the growth of the segment. “In 2004, hot sauce and salsa overtook ketchup, mustard and mayo as the top global condiments.
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At this weekend’s NYC Hot Sauce Expo, fans will line up to shake the hand that burns them and buy bags full of his retail products, including a few new ones that the company will roll out at the event. Whether it was his original intent or not, Currie has created a cult product among pepperheads that has made him a rock star in the world of spicy foods. I wasn’t actively chasing Scoville units.” “I believe that peppers can be the key to the cure, so I was looking for new capsaicinoids. “Cancer runs in my family,” Currie explains. Currie first created the Carolina Reaper in 2012 as part of a medical research project that involved looking for cures for cancer and heart disease. uses to create the line of salsas, mustards, sauces and tinctures sold on the company’s website. I eat a lot of them because I have to.” Currie and his team sample each batch of peppers, mash and powders that his South Carolina–based Puckerbutt Pepper Co.

“It’s not a pleasant experience, I’m gonna be honest. Vincent, he was creating an experience that is akin to using military pepper spray like Binaca. So when Currie crossed a Pakistani Naga Viper pepper with a La Soufrière from the island of St. Other tests have clocked the Carolina Reaper at close to 2.2 million, but at this point we’re just splitting (burning) hairs. The jalapeños that your girlfriend makes you leave off your nachos if she’s gonna share them: 2,500. To put this number into perspective, that habanero your friend “accidentally” slipped into his salsa, thereby ruining your day? A mere 350,000 Scovilles. As the inventor of the Carolina Reaper hot pepper, he holds the title (and blame) for developing the hottest chili in the known universe, officially measured at more than 1.5 million Scoville units and certified by the folks at Guinness World Records. Ed Currie swears he is not trying to hurt you.
